The video showed women doing domestic housework such as cleaning the floor and cleaning toilets using bare hands.

According to the Global Times newspaper, several employees of the institute, which reportedly opened in 2011, protested against its closure, telling the paper the controversial video was a misrepresentation of their work to promote traditional culture.

A post on the Weibo account of the local education bureau in Fushun said "the institute's teachings went against social morality and must be closed immediately".

Authorities also urged a wider check to find similar institutes.

"We must stop any phenomenon that violates the socialist core value," the statement says.